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Clipboard stopped working
I don't seem to be able to copy and paste any more. Not sure what I did to cause it. I've tried doing it in several programs, including notepad. Is there a quick and simple fix for this problem, that doesn't involve restarting my pc?
bind tmux prefix to OS X cmd key (or any other binding)
I'm used to iTerm2 (or Terminal.app for this case) on OS X. But I want to move to use tmux (or screen, but the problem is similar to both apps). So my idea is to have a single iTerm tab with a tmux session opened with multiple tabs. To do the transition I have a basic feature I need to configure on…
Windows 7 SP1 not being offered on Windows Update
I have no option to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on my computer. Why is the option to install Windows 7 SP1 missing from Windows Update? I'm less interested in why the option is missing, and more interested in how to diagnose why the option to install Windows 7 SP1 is being hidden. Follow…
What is the difference between a proxy and a VPN?
There are several service providers out there that allow a user to circumvent firewalls or anonymize their web access. Some of them use proxies, some use VPNs. Most people say that VPNs usually work better than proxies. They are also generally more expensive. For example, a proxy will grant an inte…
Why are email transfers between mail servers often not encrypted?
Users can often choose if they want to access their email provider (such as Gmail) using a secure channel (e.g. using HTTPS). However, to the best of my knowledge, when it comes to mail-server-to-mail-server communications, most emails are still transferred in plain text and not encrypted, making i…
Is it possible to change Chrome's view-source behaviour to use the current request instead of starting a new one?
I like Firefox's behaviour of loading the source from the currently loaded webpage. Chrome, instead, starts a new request. This makes it especially hard to view source of POST-requests, for example, since every view-source request utilizes GET. Is there a way to change the way Google Chrome's view-…
How can one show the current directory in PowerShell?
I'd like to have the current working directory show on the powershell command line, as would be done in a (for example) CMD prompt. How can I do so?
How do I chain commands on the console?
In , I sometimes want to run several commands in serial and don't want to wait for them to finish before I type the new ones. So I do something like this: Unfortunately, one of the commands might fail. In that case, I'd like to stop. Is there an easy way to do this, but make it so that I only keep …
What does the processor do when I copy things from one USB disk to another?
Is all data that I copy going through it or is there another more direct way?
How to create a new emoticon for skype?
I'm aware of hidden emoticons of skype, but I'd like to create my own emoticon. Is that possible to do? If so, how can I do that? Is there any tool for that?
Undo send email in Outlook
Is there an equivalent of Undo Sent Gmail feature in Microsoft Outlook? I believe that once that feature is enabled in Gmail the sending of email is postponed by 5 to 30 seconds (depending on settings) so you have a chance to click on undo link. Is there a similar feature available for Microsoft Ou…
GNU screen - Unable to reattach to screen after lost connection
I was using irssi in screen but lost connection. After I ssh'd back in to the server, I can no longer attach to that screen. screen -ls shows that the screen is already attached. I tried screen -D to force detach it, and it said detach but screen -ls still says it's attached. I tried screen -x and …
Show both ctime and atime in ls output
Can I get both ctime and atime in ls output? Seems I can only pass one or argument (the second is ignored). Is there any other way?
How can I see a page's referrer in Chrome?
I've read the "answers" on this question, which is pretty much what I'm asking, but no one actually provides an answer. Nowhere in the Developer Tools (that I can see, anyway) is there a clear indicator of the current page's referring page. This is something that's really easy to find in Firefox; j…
Can I use a Magic Trackpad on Linux?
I'd like to be able to use my Magic Trackpad with Linux. While I haven't installed Linux yet to test it, the trackpad will connect to Windows on the machine (i.e. it has bluetooth). I'm going to be using Fedora 14 on a Lenovo T410.
How is install -c different from cp
What is the difference between and ? Most installations tend to use , but from the page it doesn't sound like it does anything different than (except maybe the ability to also set permissions). When should I use and when ?
Linux command line utility for watching log files live?
What's a good linux command line utility for watching a log file live? It's probably obvious but I totally forgot it.
How do I log file system read/writes by filename in Linux?
I'm looking for a simple method that will log file system operations. It should display the name of the file being accessed or modified. I'm familiar with powertop, and it appears this works to an extent, in so much that it show the user files that were written to. Is there any other utilities that…
Switch TO specific input source
In Mac OS X, there is a keyboard shortcuts to switch between activated input sources. Is it possible to switch to a specific language? So if you have 3 input methods, you could have 3 shortcuts: for English, for Spanish and for Russian.
What size should I make a partition to appear as a standard number e.g 100Gb
I'm reformating and installing windows vista on friends computer. I'm making one partition for OS, one for data. As a bit of OCD i want to make one of the partitions so it appears in windows explorer as a nice round number e.g 100Gb. however i've found in the past if i make it 102,400MB (=100x1024)…